Will Spider-Man Swing Through “Venom: The Last Dance”?

Will Spider-Man appear in Venom: The Last Dance? This is the question on the mind of Spidey fans as we approach the October 25 premiere date of Tom Hardy’s last turn as Eddie Brock, the investigative reporter turned alien symbiote antihero. For two bloody, funny films, Eddie and Venom have been biting the heads off bad guys (mostly) and battling some of the universe’s most vicious beings, including Carnage (Woody Harrelson), an alien symbiote even bigger and better than Venom.

By The Credits  |  October 17, 2024
Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman Face Off in First “Carry-On” Teaser

The tense first teaser for Netflix’s Carry-On has arrived, revealing the new thriller from director Jaume Collet-Serra starring Taron Egerton as Ethan, a TSA agent who’s dropped into a dangerous game by a mysterious passenger who turns out to be a terrorist. That passenger is played by Jason Bateman, a man who knows a thing or two about tense thrillers after delivering four seasons of his nervy Netflix series Ozark. While Bateman wasn’t exactly a good guy in Ozark (by the end of the series,

By The Credits  |  October 16, 2024

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“The Wild Robot” Head of Story Heidi Jo Gilbert on Motherhood’s Many Meanings

No one is more delighted that The Wild Robot has surpassed all expectations at the box office and with critics than director Chris Sanders. Receiving almost perfect reviews upon its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film is headed towards record-breaking box office numbers for DreamWorks. Buzz has begun for The Wild Robot as a strong contender at this year’s Oscars. Only days ago, DreamWorks gave the green light for a sequel,

By Leslie Combemale  |  October 16, 2024
“The Penguin” Episode 4 Introduced a Classic Batman Villain

In the first three episodes of HBO’s devilishly entertaining The Penguin, Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb has made daring, painful inroads with Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti), the daughter of the late Gotham underworld poobah Carmine Falcone (Mark Strong). As the series kicked off in the wake of the Riddler’s attack on Gotham in Matt Reeves’ feature The Batman, Sofia was freshly sprung from Arkham Asylum, where she spent a decade after being accused of the murder of seven women working at her father’s Iceberg Lounge,

By The Credits  |  October 15, 2024

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“Saturday Night” Star Lamorne Morris on Lighting Up the Screen as “SNL” Legend Garrett Morris

The camera follows Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) as he walks backstage through a line of camera crews, flickering lights, shouting cast members, costume racks, and one very random llama. 

Ninety minutes until air time. Ninety minutes until the first-ever Saturday Night Live.

This is the opening sequence for Jason Reitman’s latest film, Saturday Night, about the creation of a legendary form of comedic television, but more specifically,

By Andria Moore  |  October 15, 2024
“Silo” Season 2 Trailer Reveals Rebecca Ferguson’s Survival

The first trailer for Silo season 2 has revealed the survival of Rebecca Ferguson’s Juliette. While the fact that Ferguson’s returning to the series should surprise no one, considering she’s the star of the show, for those folks who haven’t yet watched the first season, you’re in store for one of TV’s most underrated sci-fi series.

Silo is centered on the story of the last surviving people on Earth,

By The Credits  |  October 14, 2024
Denis Villeneuve Reveals “Dune: Part Two” Sandworm-Riding Scenes Were Insanely Labor-Intensive

It’s no secret that co-writer/director Denis Villeneuve’s vision for his two Dune films was exacting and inspired. Arguably, the most technically challenging part of a very challenging film was the climactic early-ish moment when Paul Atreides (Timtohée Chalamet) finally rides one of Arrakis’s colossal sandworms. Speaking at the BFI London Film Festival this past Saturday, Villeneuve revealed just how hard capturing this moment truly was.

Speaking with Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein,

By The Credits  |  October 14, 2024

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“Joker: Folie À Deux” Production Sound Mixer Steven Morrow Dissects 3 Essential Scenesew

“We tried to do everything we could to make the best sounding movie,” says production sound mixer Steven Morrow about director Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie À Deux. “Larry’s cinematography is beautiful, and with the amount of effort and time he puts into it, we wanted to put that kind of energy and emotion into our work for the audience and for Todd.”

For the much-anticipated sequel to the Oscar-winning film Joker,

By Daron James  |  October 14, 2024

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“Joker: Folie À Deux” Cinematographer Lawrence Sher Dissects 3 Essential Scenes

“The movie is an extension and a further exploration of this idea of our shadow selves as human beings,” Joker: Folie À Deux cinematographer Lawrence Sher tells The Credits. “We all have sides of ourselves that we hide from people. There are also sides we show to people that aren’t really authentic, and that’s what this movie explores.”

Sher, who was nominated with an Academy Award for Todd Phillips’ Joker,

By Daron James  |  October 11, 2024
“Deadpool & Wolverine” Deleted Scene Finds Peter Falling in Love

While it wouldn’t be quite accurate to call Peter an unsung hero in Deadpool & Wolverine, considering he literally shows up to save the day (as Peterpool, of course), Rob Delaney and his dad bod were currently one of the biggest surprises in this summer’s juggernaut success, doing the absolute utmost with his screentime and providing Ryan Ryenolds’ Wade Wilson with the type of buddy he could count on. Now, in a recently released deleted scene,

By The Credits  |  October 11, 2024
“Conclave” Trailer Reveals Edward Berger’s Star-Studded Vatican-Set Thriller

The official trailer for the critically acclaimed Conclave has arrived, revealing director Edward Berger’s adaptation of Robert Harris’s book. The film is centered on one of the most covert operations in the world, the selection of a new Pope, a highly secretive, ancient event that draws the world’s attention. The sensational cast includes Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence, the man who must preside over the conclave after the sudden death of the Pope.

By The Credits  |  October 10, 2024
Birmingham Goes Big Time: “Peaky Blinders” Movie Adds Stephen Graham to the Starry Cast

The Peaky Blinders movie just added another charismatic performer who knows his way around post-World War I Birmingham. Stephen Graham, who played Hayden Stagg in the sixth and final season of the smashing BBC series, revealed to Deadline that he’s returning for series creator Steven Knight‘s big-screen continuation, which Knight penned and Tom Harper will direct.

Graham joins newly minted Oscar winner Cillian Murphy, the series and now film’s lead,

By The Credits  |  October 10, 2024
Hal Jordan and John Stewart Assemble: Aaron Pierre Joins DC Studios’ “Lanterns” Cast Alongside Kyle Chandler

James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC Studios is really starting to take shape. With Gunn’s Superman already in post-production and set for a July 11, 2025 release, their studio’s first feature is preparing to soar. Things are also shaping up with Superman’s cousin as director Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow has recently added Matthias Schoenaerts to the cast to play the villain, opposite Supergirl herself, Milly Alcock.

By The Credits  |  October 10, 2024
See the Magic: “Wicked” Unveils Dazzling New Images From Oz and Behind-the-Scenes

We’ve heard some of the iconic musical numbers that director John M. Chu has in store for us with his adaptation of Wicked, which will unleash the singing chops of superstars Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba) and Ariana Grande (Glinda), as well as a stellar cast that includes Jonathan Bailey (Fiyero), a young man with singing ability to spare. Those tunes include showstoppers  “Popular,” “Dancing Through Life,” “The Wizard and I, “What is this Feeling?” and “Defying Gravity.” Now,

By The Credits  |  October 9, 2024
Hear the Magic: “Wicked” Debuts Iconic Songs in New Teaser

A new Wicked teaser has arrived on a pair of monkey wings and musical notes, boasting a bunch of the iconic songs that fans of the Broadway Musical adore and are clamoring to see on the biggest screen possible when director John M. Chu’s adaptation hits the big screen.

The new teaser dives right into the music, with Grammy-winning, multiple-platinum superstar Ariana Grande’s Glinda clapping her hands and calling out, “Everyone,

By The Credits  |  October 9, 2024
Christopher Nolan’s Next Movie Set at Universal With Matt Damon as Potential Lead

Christopher Nolan and Universal had quite the collaboration with Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the critical and commercial smash hit that was nominated for 13 Oscars and won 7, including Best Picture, Best Director for Nolan, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr. Now, Deadline scoops that Nolan and Universal are reteaming for the director’s next feature, with plans for an Imax release on July 17,

By The Credits  |  October 9, 2024
Timothée Chalamet is Bob Dylan in Electric New “A Complete Unknown” Trailer

“You tramped all the way from Minnesota,” says Edward Norton’s Pete Seeger at the opening of the official trailer for A Complete Unknown. “Why is that?”

“I wanted to catch a spark,” comes the answer from a young man named Bob Dylan, played here by an appealingly understated (if still undeniably charismatic) Timothée Chalamet. A Complete Unknown, from director James Mangold and written by Mangold and Jay Cocks,

By The Credits  |  October 8, 2024
Will Smith And Michael Bay to Re-team for Netflix Action Film “Fast and Loose”

Will Smith and Michael Bay are reuniting for another breathless action movie.

Smith and Bay are in talks to reteam for the Netflix actioner Fast and Loose. Bay will direct Smith in a movie about a crime boss suffering from amnesia after an attack. The catch? This underworld kingpin slowly starts to learn that he’s actually a CIA agent. The script comes from Eric Pearson, Chris Bremmer, Jon Hoeber,

By The Credits  |  October 8, 2024

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Casting Director

“Casting Director Jennifer Venditti’s Intuitive Touch in “The Sympathizer”

Casting director Jennifer Venditti had one of Hollywood’s great chameleons to work with when she was putting together the pieces for HBO’s limited series The SympathizerRobert Downey Jr. plays a quartet of characters in Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar’s adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel as the Oscar-winning performer is in a constant swirl of dramatic action among performers less well-known but all of them entirely game.

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 7, 2024
Inside the Shaky Alliance Between Oz and Sofia in “The Penguin” Episode 3

Gotham has never looked quite so seedy and dangerous as it does in HBO’s excellent The Batman spinoff series The Penguin. Shot in and around New York City (unlike previous films in the Batman universe, which have utilized international locations and cities that are not New York to recreate Gotham), The Penguin picks up in the aftermath of the Riddler’s bombing of the city at the end of The Batman,

By The Credits  |  October 7, 2024